Rail joint



Nov. 9,1926. 1,606,631

I W. H. HARDIMAN v Original Filed Ap i 30' 923 ATT hhddtdl Patented Nov. 3 Wild.

WINTQN H. HARDIIVIAN, OF ST. LO'L IS,

MISSOURI.

RAIL JOINT.

Application filed April 30, 1923, Serial No. 635,641.

This invention relates to rail joints,'and an object of the invention is to provide an improved construction of rail joint which will prevent spreading of the rails, and will effectively connect the rails to prevent relative vertical movement of the meeting ends of the rails and which will permit expan sion and contraction of the rails due to weather conditions, without eiiecting the joint.

Another object of the invention is to provide a rail joint as specified which comprises a chair structure embodyingfish plates, and removable spring carried plugs carried by one rail for insertion into a suitable recess in the meeting end of the second rail.

Other objects of the invention will appear in the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompnying drawing wherein:

Fig. 1 is a top plan of joint showing it applied.

Fig, 2 is a vertical sect-ion taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective View of a part of the joint structure.

eferring more particularly to the drawings, the improved rail joint is shown as used in connection with the meeting ends of railway rails l and 2. The rails l and 2 have lateral enlargements 3 and 4 formed upon their balls at their ends. The lateral enlargement 3 is provided with a recess 5 formed therein which receives a plug 6. The plug 6 is carried by and projects laterally from the free end of a spring arm 7 which is attached as shown at 8 to the rail 2, and is bent to extend about the enlargements 3 and 4. The plug 6 is confined in the recess 5 by the upstanding flange 9 formed upon the section 10 of the combined chair and fisb plate structure 11. The combined chair and fish plate structure 11 comprises the sections 10 and 12 which are positioned upon opposite sides of the meeting ends of the rails and each of which has a lateral enlargement 13 for engagement with the web 14 of the rails. The enlargements 13 have their under surfaces inclined as shown at 15 for snug fitting against the upper surface of the base 16 of the rails. T he section 10 has a chair plate17 formed integrally therewith which extends beneath the base 16 and rests upon the tie'18, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The sections 10 and 12 have lateral attach the improved rail Renewed May 27, 1926.

ing flanges 19 formed thereon which are provided with spike openings 20 for receiving the usual type of rail spikes 21 for securely fastenening the sections 10 and 12 to the ties. I

In securing two rail ends with my improved device the ends of the rails are brought together with the spring arm 7 fastened to one end, the plug 6 is fitted in the recess 5 to hold the rails against longitudinal movement and in order to hold the rail ends against lateral movement the sections 10 and 12 are engaged with the rail at the joint and secured to the ties.

It is to be understood that the opposite ends of the rails are provided respectively with the recessed bosses 3 and with the spring carrying plates 7 so as to permit connection of a plurality of rails in a continuous track.

It is, of course, to be understood that the invention may be constructed in other manners and the parts associated in different relations, and, therefore, I do not desire to be limited in any manner except as set forth in the claims hereunto appended.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is 1. In combination, railway rails including balls, lateral projections on the balls of the rails at their ends, the projection upon one rail being provided with a recess, a spring plate carried by the other rail and extending about said projections, and a boss carried by said spring plate for engagement in said recess, and means for preventing accidental removal of said boss fromsaid recess. 2. In combination, railway rails includ ing balls, lateral projections on the balls of the rails at their ends, the projection upon one rail being provided with a recess, a spring plate carried by the other rail and extending); about said projections, and a boss carried by said spring plate for engagement in said recess, and a combined rail chair and fish plate structure for preventing accidental removal of said boss from said recess.

In combination, railway rails including balls, lateral projections on the balls of the rails at their ends. the projection upon one rail being provided with a recess, a spring plate carried by the other rail and extending about said projections. and a boss carried by said spring plate for engage to prevent accidental removal of said boss from said recess.

l. ln oombination,'railway rails including balls, lateral projections on the balls of the rails at their ends, the projection upon one rail being provided With a recess, a sprlng 7 plate carried bythe other rail and extending about said projections, and a boss carried by said springplate for engagement in said recess, a combined chair and fish plate structure comprising a pair ofmem- 'bers each having an upstanding flange tormed'tliereon, the flange on one of sald members engagingsagamst said spring plate to prevent accidental removal of said boss 1 from said recess, one of said members having a chair extension formed thereon for engagement beneath the meeting ends of the railway rails and each of said members pro vided with inwardly extending lateral projections forengagement against the railwa rails.

In testimony whereof I ailii; my signature.

WINTON in. HARDIMAN: 

